Yes. It is done under local anaesthetic, which means the eyelid is completely numb while you are awake and comfortable. You go home the same day. There is no general anaesthetic and no hospital stay.

How long before I look normal?

About two weeks for the bruising to clear enough that makeup covers the rest. Swelling settles over a month or two, and the scar keeps fading for up to a year. This is the one treatment here worth planning your calendar around.

Where does the scar go?

On the upper lid, inside the natural crease, where it sits in a fold and becomes very hard to see once settled. On the lower lid the incision is placed just under the lash line or, in some cases, inside the lid entirely.

Will it fix my dark circles?

No, and it is worth being clear about that before rather than after. Dark circles are usually pigment in the skin or a shadow cast by a hollow. Removing skin does not change either, and can occasionally make a shadow more obvious. Those need different treatments.

Is this covered by RAMQ?

Where an upper lid is heavy enough to measurably obstruct the field of vision, it can be. Where the reason is appearance, it is not. The assessment establishes which applies, and you will be told plainly rather than left to find out.

What if the problem is my brow, not my lid?

Then you will be told so. A descended brow pushes lid skin down and looks like excess lid skin, but removing lid skin in that case gives a poor result and can make the brow sit lower still. Telling the two apart is the point of the assessment.

A man in his forties in morning sun, eyes open and rested, the upper lids clean and defined.

Surgery · Performed by a general surgeon

Blepharoplasty

Surgery to remove the excess skin that gathers on the upper or lower eyelid. Done under local anaesthetic, in the clinic, with the field of vision often mattering more than the appearance.

From$4,000per procedure

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At a glance

Procedure

1–2hours

Depending on upper, lower or both.

Anaesthetic

1local

Awake, and numb.

Stitches out

5–7days

Eyelid skin heals fast.

Visible bruising

10–14days

Plan around it.

Scar settles

6–12months

It sits in the crease.

A woman around sixty looks up with open, bright eyes and a crisp lid crease.

What changes

Two weeks of looking like it. Then years of not.

This is the one treatment on this list with a recovery worth planning your calendar around.

01
Swollen and bruised for about two weeks.
02
Stitches out within a week.
03
By a month, it reads as rested.
04
The scar sits in the crease and fades.

How it works

Skin is removed. The crease hides the scar.

Eyelid skin is the thinnest on the body, and it stretches. Over years the upper lid accumulates more skin than the socket can hold, so it folds — first into the crease, eventually onto the lashes, and in some people far enough to narrow the upper field of vision.

The operation removes a measured ellipse of that excess and closes the incision inside the natural crease, where the resulting scar sits in a fold and becomes very hard to see. On the lower lid the concern is usually fat rather than skin, and the approach differs accordingly. Which of those you have, and whether the real problem is the brow above rather than the lid itself, is what the assessment establishes.

Close view of a smooth upper eyelid and its natural crease.

01
The skin stretches
Eyelid skin is the thinnest on the body and accumulates faster than the socket can hold it.
02
The excess is measured
Marked with you sitting upright and your eyes open, because that is how the lid actually sits.
03
The crease takes the scar
The incision closes inside the natural fold, where it becomes very hard to see.

Your visit

An assessment first. Then the procedure.

Unlike the injectables, this is two separate appointments, and deliberately so.

01
First appointment
The assessment
Photographs, a measurement of the excess with you sitting upright, and a discussion of whether the lid or the brow is the actual problem.
02
Before you commit
The plan and the price
What will be removed, what the recovery looks like week by week, and the figure, agreed in writing.
03
Second appointment
The procedure
One to two hours under local anaesthetic. You are awake, numb, and go home the same day.
04
5 to 7 days later
Stitches out
A short visit. Eyelid skin heals faster than skin elsewhere.

Dr. Andrew Gyopar, physician at Clinique Medix.

Who performs it

Performed by our medical director, a general surgeon.

This is surgery, in a licensed medical clinic, under local anaesthetic, performed by our medical director, Dr. Andrew Gyopar, general surgeon. Your file is kept as a medical file and anything removed is handled the way tissue removed in a medical setting has to be handled.

Dr. Andrew Gyopar

General Surgeon, Medical Director

Pricing

The price, agreed before anything starts.

What it costs, and what the figure is counted in. The plan and the price are written down and agreed at your evaluation, before any treatment begins.

From

$4,000per procedure

Upper lids, lower lids or both change what is involved. The figure for your procedure is confirmed at the assessment, in writing, before you commit to a date.

With Dr. Andrew Gyopar.

Prices are before taxes and may change without notice. Results vary from one person to another. A medical evaluation is required before any treatment.

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Preparation and aftercare